Article dispensing – With recorder – register – indicator – signal or exhibitor – Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator
Patent
1986-02-20
1990-09-04
Bartuska, F. J.
Article dispensing
With recorder, register, indicator, signal or exhibitor
Dispenser part position or adjustment indicator
221 7, 221 82, 235381, B65D 8304
Patent
active
049537458
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing a selected one of a plurality of drugs. The apparatus includes a plurality of individual dispensing mechanisms which are contained within a cabinet. Each of the dispensing mechanisms is adapted to store a plurality of a selected drug unit and is responsive to a selected one of a plurality of drug dispense signals for dispensing the selected drug unit. A control unit is responsive to an input authorization signal representing an operator, a patient identification signal representing a patient for which a drug is to be selected, and a drug select signal representing the drug and the amount to be dispensed. The control unit generates a drug dispense signal corresponding to the selected drug to cause the respective dispensing mechanism to dispense the selected drug. The control unit can be preprogrammed with a prescribed schedule for a particular patient such that a drug can be dispensed for that particular patient only during a certain time period. The control unit also includes a recording device for recording each dispensing transaction including the identity of the operator, the identity of the patient for which the drug is to be dispensed, and the dispensed drug. The control unit also maintains an inventory of the stored drugs.
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Bartuska F. J.
Rowlett, Jr. James R.
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